executive produce

verb

To act as executive producer on.

Meanings

verbexecutive produce (third-person singular simple present executive produces, present participle executive producing, simple past and past participle executive produced)

present singular third person executive produces · participle present executive producing · participle past executive produced · past executive produced · alternative executive-produce

  1. transitiveTo act as executive producer on.

    Off camera, he also frequently gets involved in bringing to the screen projects around this great passion of his, telling the story of his nation, such as the punishing HBO World War Two series Band of Brothers, which he executive produced.

    2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC

    Synonyms: exec-produce

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo act as executive producer on.

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